Proving how easy Daft Punk - Robot Rock was to make

by **Michael** » March 7th, 2005, 1:26 pm

Well I had some spare time at work today and wanted to prove how simple it was for Daft Punk to create Robot Rock. So without further ado, I present:

Michael Davies - Suck My Cock: [MP3 (6.7MB)] [Raw Samples (One MP3, 600KB)] [Raw Ableton Files (WAVs + sequencing data, 1.5MB)]

Sequenced in Ableton Live 4.04.

This took about 2 hours to do from start to finish. As you can see from the list
below, you'll notice that almost all samples are from Breakwater - Release The
Beast. Only the vocoded voice synth, two drum samples, and another synth sound
were taken from Robot Rock. Excuse the (very) poor quality of some of the
timestretching/timing and the lame vocoder quality - I don't have access to a
$100,000 sound studio

The Raw_Samples.mp3 file contains the following samples:

1. Vocoder synth from Daft Punk - Robot Rock.
2. Raw vocal sample from http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html (timing modified in Adobe Audition)
3. Vocoded sample (combination of 1 + 2)
4. Main loop from Breakwater - Release The Beast
5. Guitar hit from Breakwater - Release The Beast
6. Another guitar hit from Breakwater - Release The Beast
7. Drum roll from Breakwater - Release The Beast
8. Kick from Daft Punk - Robot Rock
9. Hihat from Daft Punk - Robot Rock
10. Synth from Daft Punk - Robot Rock

So you see... it wasn't very hard for them to make. Perhaps the only thing they did which took more time was deciding which part of which song they were going to sample... admittedly an important step, but given how incredibly repetitive Robot Rock is, I hardly think they've done anything amazing with it.

by **Karsten** » March 7th, 2005, 1:28 pm

You're a supastar DJ! - can I suck your cock please?

by **marto** » March 7th, 2005, 1:42 pm

Ahahahah. I will however maintain it's not how easy or hard it is to make a song but the creative process in putting it all together.

by **Gamma** » March 7th, 2005, 1:56 pm

I'm at work so I haven't had a listen yet, but I agree with the general sentiment- Robot Rock is very repetitive, as is the vast majority of the new album, hence me not really liking it that much. I was only defending "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" in the other thread, which clearly a lot of work's gone into. Mind you, I like it because it sounds incredible, not because X amount of hours were put into it. Christ knows how you'd even conceptualise something that complex in the first place, let alone deal with the processes you'd have to go through to get there.

by **Michael** » March 7th, 2005, 2:40 pm

Yeah very true guys... like I say here I just don't think the end result is worth writing home about. They've done some excellent stuff with samples before, and they do pick fucking ripper selections from old disco tracks, they've added some fucking insane guitar/synth solos over the top of some of them, so, hey, respect, I just think they needed to get their shit together a bit more for Robot Rock.

I'll stop bitching now.

by **Michael** » March 7th, 2005, 2:43 pm

I'd like to say my next trick was going to be a remake of Mylo - Drop The Pressure called "Stop The Turntable", but unfortunately there's a lot of production value in that track, and despite it having been totally overplayed for the last 6 months, it'd be very hard to remake.

by **Gullible** » March 7th, 2005, 3:10 pm

Damnit, I can't find an MP3 of Robot Rock. I keep getting these 30 minute long silent files.

It's a good mix you've got there for 2 hours man, but I really wish I could hear the two together and see just how similar they are

by **Jonaskin** » March 7th, 2005, 3:16 pm

Fuck, it sounds almost identical. And it's fucking hilarious!

by **Michael** » March 7th, 2005, 4:31 pm

Yeah, it's pretty close

Here's the relevant snippit from Breakwater - Release The Beast (this is the opening):

Here (~300KB)

You should be able to find Robot Rock on eMule or Soulseek pretty easily... at least I thought you could...

by **Pop** » March 7th, 2005, 9:23 pm

Amount of work put into track creation has absolutely no bearing on quality of track.

by **Pop** » March 7th, 2005, 9:29 pm

I mean, yes we can remake it, but we can remake anything from the history of recorded music with the technology at everyone's disposal these days. Does that make the last seventy years irrelevant? No, because THAT would be "pastiche".

by **Milligna** » March 7th, 2005, 9:44 pm

I don't think I've ever seen Pop pout before.

by **Pop** » March 7th, 2005, 10:02 pm

by **Requiem** » March 8th, 2005, 12:48 am

Have we all heard this?

Kraft Punk - DP Is Bootlegged

Acquisition.

by **Requiem** » March 8th, 2005, 12:58 am

Also was it you who linked me to that Fat Boy bootleg, Pop? Consider word spread.

by **Peppermint Lounge** » March 8th, 2005, 7:46 am

Bwahaha. Sensational, Michael. :laugh:

Although thread title should read 'proving how easy Daft Punk - Robot Rock is to reproduce'.

Robot Rock sounds very minimal but I'm waiting to hear the album. If things go the path of Discovery I'll give it a few listens and it will grow to be one of my favourite albums ever.

by **marto** » March 8th, 2005, 7:55 am

You won't like it. Imagine a whole album with a 60 minute version of Revolution 909. Violin!!!! There's Human After All.

by **Peppermint Lounge** » March 8th, 2005, 8:10 am

I like repetitive minimal though. And Revolution 909 is one of my favourites. Sounds like a recipe for gold!!!!

by **marto** » March 8th, 2005, 8:52 am

for 60 minutes?

by **Requiem** » March 8th, 2005, 10:03 am

Rumour is that the so-called Human After All release floating around is a fake released on purpose. Personally I think that's just destitute fanboys thinking of every explanation possible for the relative shitness of their new album, but if you remember back to Metallica, there is a precedent for this kind of thing, so you never know until the final release!

by **Michael** » March 8th, 2005, 10:41 am

Pop wrote:I mean, yes we can remake it, but we can remake anything from the history of recorded music with the technology at everyone's disposal these days.

We? Sure, talk to a professional recording studio and they could probably recreate any track in history to some level of accuracy, but the average home user? I think not. I just wanted to demonstrate this track was *really fucking basic* in its construction. But I agree with you that effort put into track does not equal "goodness" of track.

Pep wrote:Although thread title should read 'proving how easy Daft Punk - Robot Rock is to reproduce'.

True. I was just getting on my high horse a bit. The view was better.

by **Gamma** » March 8th, 2005, 11:03 am

Requiem wrote:Rumour is that the so-called Human After All release floating around is a fake released on purpose. Personally I think that's just destitute fanboys thinking of every explanation possible for the relative shitness of their new album, but if you remember back to Metallica, there is a precedent for this kind of thing, so you never know until the final release!

That'd be awesome if it turned out to be true. I remember I downloaded a shifty version of Aerodynamic before Discovery came out that was eerily similar to the tosh on Human After All- just a loop (not even present in the final song) that played out for five minutes with occasional filter changes. Still, I'm not going to hold my breath.

by **Milligna** » March 8th, 2005, 11:08 am

Requiem wrote:Rumour is that the so-called Human After All release floating around is a fake released on purpose. Personally I think that's just destitute fanboys thinking of every explanation possible for the relative shitness of their new album, but if you remember back to Metallica, there is a precedent for this kind of thing, so you never know until the final release!

What did Metallica do?

by **Adam** » March 8th, 2005, 12:02 pm

500 crap albums?

by **Miles** » March 8th, 2005, 12:30 pm

Speaking of arrogant and close-minded.

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